He had watered down the milk in the past and his dishonesty doomed him

to this drudgery of milking the cow in their presence.

9 out of 10 people owe their success to self disciplines.

Those who have failures in marriages, business, finances,

Usually lack self control.

God is committed by sending the Holy Spirit

To transforming us into totally disciplined persons.

able to discern between good and evil

Paul writes: And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, (Phil 19).

so to live a life of Self control : We must learn to :

I. PAY BEFORE WE PLAY.

Paul writes I Cor. 9:25-26 Everyone who competes in the game goes into training… I do not fight like a man beating the air. No I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others. I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

Any athlete knows he had better pay the price

Before he competes in the race.

You can’t expect a muscle to do on the field of competition

what it was unwilling to do in the practice arena.

So we must pay before we play.

You can’t ride the Go Carts at Thunder road

Until you pay for the rides.

This is “not a charge and ride” business.

You “Pay before you play.”

Parents must teach this lesson to their children

If they want them to grow up as self controlled adults.

One of the rules my father had on the farm was

“Get your work done first before you play.”

Every year they would decide which chores each of us kids would do.

I never wanted to do any chores.

But I never got a vote.

My Dad believed the scriptures: “If you teach a child to be faithful in a little things he can be trust in the larger things. Luke 19: 17 (Paraphrase)

Chores were our responsibility.

My father never milked my cow.

My brothers never milked my cow.

I would have to milk my own cow.

I had often wished my father might have been irresponsible or more undisciplined.